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Thanks for that interesting history - had no idea that corruption was that high up the chain. But I do also second your question: Why is this on HN? It is pret
by dfsegoat 10y ago
Thanks for that interesting history - had no idea that corruption was that high up the chain.
But I do also second your question: Why is this on HN? It is pretty common knowledge that overhunting + poaching and poor game management are the primary reason for the loss of megafauna on the African contient.
edit: People thought my first statement was snark - it isn't. I genuinely had no idea that poaching / corruption was that high up the chain.
- lucozade 10y agoI think your first statement answers your question.
- dfsegoat 10y agoReally? I don't. I don't find that something which is common knowledge - that poaching + habitat loss is the single driving force behind the loss of African (and other) megafauna - to be news. We (zoologists) have known this for a long, long time.
- thaumasiotes 10y agoHacker News is not centered on zoologists. A lot of the comments that I really hope to provoke informed responses with just go unresponded to, because (I assume) they are in the area of linguistics and the HN population doesn't have a lot to say about that. Similarly, the bar for "interesting material from zoology" is lower here than it might be in a zoological journal.
- dfsegoat 10y agoI can appreciate all of that. Thank you for the civil reply - I will keep this in mind going forward before I comment next time.
- lucozade 10y agoI don't believe anyone is requiring you to find it interesting. However, enough readers of HN did find it interesting for it to make it to the front page. Maybe widespread understanding of the issues amongst non-experts isn't considered important for zoologists. I have no idea. But it's clearly interesting to some people.
- jfoutz 10y agoYou're referring to the article. the parent poster is (i think) referring to your comment "had no idea that ..." In any case, you never know what discussion sparks insight. Poaching is driven by demand. Perhaps a campaign like the superman vs KKK could be employed.
- jna_sh 10y agoGod forbid a collection of talented people devote their creativity to becoming aware of and solving a real pressing problem and not finding new ways to apply moustaches to live images.
- dfsegoat 10y agoYou know - you are absolutely right. I am ashamed to admit that I let my expertise get in the way of my common sense here. I will keep that in mind on all my comments going forward.
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